The Atlantic Monthly, Nide 140 |
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... portend even so much as a country walk . ' - How different if the clothes are those which go together with a gun and cartridges ! From brain to spine the excitement travels . A shiver , what the French call a frisson , invades you .
... portend even so much as a country walk . ' - How different if the clothes are those which go together with a gun and cartridges ! From brain to spine the excitement travels . A shiver , what the French call a frisson , invades you .
Sivu 43
When the French first came to Wimbledon they used to cast wry faces at a slippery , oily surface upon which neither their feet nor their strokes would go right . Now the leading Frenchmen recognize that a turf court is the championship ...
When the French first came to Wimbledon they used to cast wry faces at a slippery , oily surface upon which neither their feet nor their strokes would go right . Now the leading Frenchmen recognize that a turf court is the championship ...
Sivu 78
For it was late in 1893 that Colonel Bonnier's expedition set out to extend French influence to Timbuktu , and Joffre was taken from his railway work to command a supplementary column of one thousand men two thirds of whom were carriers ...
For it was late in 1893 that Colonel Bonnier's expedition set out to extend French influence to Timbuktu , and Joffre was taken from his railway work to command a supplementary column of one thousand men two thirds of whom were carriers ...
Sivu 79
But in fact he proved merely a solid shield behind which subtler brains could direct French military policy on the path to a crevasse which they had not perceived because they were too absorbed in military occultism to watch the ground ...
But in fact he proved merely a solid shield behind which subtler brains could direct French military policy on the path to a crevasse which they had not perceived because they were too absorbed in military occultism to watch the ground ...
Sivu 80
The French Army , returning to its traditions , no longer knows any other law than the offensive . . . . All attacks are to be pushed to the extreme with the firm resolution to charge the enemy with the bayonet , in order to destroy him ...
The French Army , returning to its traditions , no longer knows any other law than the offensive . . . . All attacks are to be pushed to the extreme with the firm resolution to charge the enemy with the bayonet , in order to destroy him ...
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